Key result
Native mitral valve endocarditis can present with STEMI and ischemic stroke from multiple septic emboli.
Why the study?
STEMI caused by septic coronary embolism is a rare infective endocarditis complication with high mortality, and common infective endocarditis signs are often overlooked on admission until prominent complications emerge.
Highlights a rare and severe presentation of infective endocarditis with simultaneous STEMI and ischemic stroke due to septic emboli.
Clinicians should suspect IE in simultaneous STEMI and ischemic stroke; extends known septic embolic spectrum of native mitral valve endocarditis.
ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) due to septic coronary embolism is a rare complication of infective endocarditis (IE) and isassociated with high mortality rates. When common signs of IE are often overlooked on admission, the diagnosis may be established throughcomplications, which may cause prominent symptoms. Here, we report a case of native mitral valve endocarditis with an unusual presentation withSTEMI and concomitant ischemic stroke, which was due to multiple coronary and cerebral septic embolisms.
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Karaarslan et al. (2018) studied this question. Native mitral valve endocarditis can present unusually with STEMI and ischemic stroke due to multiple coronary and cerebral septic embolisms.
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